So this recipe.....let's just say kids, teens, adults, basically anyone, would love this! Its healthy and absolutely the tastiest oatmeal I have had. I found a recipe on pinterest here and tweaked it a bit. Oatmeal tastes like cardboard to me so I always add tons of tasty things (mainly brown sugar) to make it taste better. Kind of defeats the purpose of oatmeal in the end though since I have about 1/2 cup of brown sugar in my serving size. This however is super good and I would say NOT bad for me. (ok maybe the white chocolate chips I could take out and it'd be healthier but a little treat isn't so bad) So thanks oatmeal for giving me a well balanced breakfast today!

All the ingredients you need for the oatmeal.

The wet ingredients get mixed together and then the dry ingredients.

Butter a dish.

Add in the dry mixture and fruit.

Pour the milk mixture over it.

Yummy! Cooking in the oven!

And done! I mean does this not look amazing!

This was one of the most tasty breakfast foods I've ever made!

The hubs and the bug thought so too!

In fact we ate the WHOLE thing!

Ingredients

2 cups old fashioned rolled oats

1/3 cup packed light brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 tablespoon grated orange zest

1 teaspoon cinnamon)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup walnuts or almonds, chopped

1 cup sliced strawberries

1/3 cup white chocolate chips (optional)

2 cups almond milk

1 large egg (optional)

3 tablespoons butter, melted

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 ripe banana peeled and sliced

Heat oven to 375. Coat an 8-inch by 8-inch square baking dish with butter and place on a baking sheet.

In a large bowl, mix together the oats, sugar, baking powder, orange zest, cinnamon, salt, half the nuts, half the strawberries and half the (optional) white chocolate. Add to the buttered baking dish. Arrange the remaining strawberries, nuts and (optional) white chocolate on top of the oats. Then, scatter the banana slices.

In another large bowl, whisk together the milk, egg (again optional. Add another 1/4 cup milk if not using an egg), butter and vanilla extract. Then, pour over oats and fruit. Gently move the baking dish to help the milk mixture go throughout the oats.